Hay-knife.



J. P. SLUSSER HAY KNIFE. APPLIOATION FILED MM a, i913.

1,082,363 'Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

ATIURNEVS F.. S-IJUSER, F JACKSN, HEAH.

FLYuKNIFEL masses..

Specification of Letters Patent.

"application and my 3,' ma. serial nb. 765,264.

To @ZZ 'whom t may conce-ra Be it. known that i, James F. SLUssnn,

a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Jackson, in the county of Cassia and State iti of idaho, have invented certain'- vnew and useful improvements 1n Hay-Knives, ot' Which'the following 1s a specification.v

My presentinvention relates to"hay knives, and more particularly to a hay knife embodying a cutter which is movable, with respect to the handle' thereof., my object being' 'to do avi'ay with the body strain incident to the usual forni of hay cutting knife in cutting hay in the' stack.4

With 'the above object in nnnd, my invention resides in the particular features of construction and arrangement to be now delscribed with Y"'tspect to the 'accompanying drawing forming part vof vthis .specication and in which the figure is la perspective lvievv ot' my improved hay knife. .l

Referring noiv to this ligure, the handle har v1 .is provided with a guard a at one end and withV angularly' extending handle gripsl f a and 0,2 at its opposite end, Upon the bar A is slidably disposed ,a tubular carriage B, to one side of'ivhich is secured by set-screws c the cutting blade C and frorn'the opposite side of Which a laterally extending foot piece Zi projects.

ln the movement of the carriage B, the

cutting blade C 'moves along one side of the guard a` as may be clearly seen by a coinparison the full and dotted lines in the iigure. in order 'that the knife cari-lage may be conveniently operated by one foot While the handle is grasped and held in the operators hands, l provide the carriage with one orA more lugs Z9 having hooks with which one end of retractile spring D is engaged, the opposite ends ,of this spring being siinilarly connected to the hook of lug a3 connccted to the handle bar A adjacent its end from which theangular grips a and a* project, this spring D serving to lretract the carriage B after its movement against the guard a as shown in dotted lines.

Thus from the foregoing, it may be readily seen that inits operation, the'hay knifevvhich I have shownand particularly described may be conveniently. and easily operated Without necessitating the operator .i assuming crampedv positions 'or working llatentedec.

upon his kneesand with which the hay,7 may be cut in a stack just as ed'ectively and with much less Work as compared to the varione i e forms of hay knives now in use.

-cent its lasty mentioned end and provided with a hook, a. knife carriage slidable on the handle bar towardand away from the said guard, a cutting blade secured to' one side of the carriage and movable falng one side of the said guard, a 'laterally @Xt-ending footpiece secured to and projectin@ from the opposite `side of the knife caiiiage, a ing carried by the carriage and provided with a hook, and a retractile spring 'engaged with the lug of the knife carriage andthe lug oi" the handle bar wherebvto move the carriage in one direction. 2. A hay knife comprising a handle bar provided with a, guard at one end and handle grips at its opposite end, a knife carriage slidably disposed uponl the handle bar andV a cutting?,- blade secured 'to one side of the carriage, said cutting blade being movable along' one .side of the guard and provided with longitudinally extending cutting edge, all for the purpose described.

` 3. A hay knife comprising a` handle bar provided at one end vvith a laterally7 curved guard and having handlegrips at its oppositeend` a knife carriage consisting of a sleeve slidably disposed on the handle bar and provided with a laterally projecting foot piece extending from one side thereof.

a flat blade secured 'to opposite side of the sleeve and projectingalong one side of the guard, said blade having a toothed longitudinal cutting edge, .and'aspring connected to the sleeve and to the handle bar. and tend ing to 'move the sleeve toward the handle gripaall for the purpose described. JAMES F. lVitnesses:

JAMES D. CoNNERvnY, lV. il'. SMI'rrL 

